マレーグマ

Japanese

Etymology

From マレー (Marē, “Malay”) +‎ 熊 (kuma, “bear”). The kuma reading for 熊 changes to guma as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) マレーぐま [màréꜜègùmà] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ɾe̞ːɡɯ̟ma̠]

Noun

マレーグマ or マレーぐま • (marēguma) 

  1. a sun bear
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